Nearly 50 forest product mills are in the expected path of Category 4 Hurricane Laura (23 lumber, 7 panel and 10 pulp mills). In other Business news: Builders FirstSource/BMC agree to merge; US Building Material Dealers protest high lumber prices; and on the World Trade Organization lumber decision—COFI’s Susan Yurkovich says the dispute is likely to continue for some time; while the Real Estate Industry says the WTO is okay with the province’s biomass programs.

In other news: the Softwood Lumber Board released its August update; the BC Forest Practices Board marks 25 years; California announces plan to prevent future catastrophic fires; Purdue University is applying COVID lessons to forestry; and the WWF says action is required on the growing incidence of forest wildfires.

Finally, predicting forest ecosystem health with audio recorders in treetops.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor